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afar
1[ uh-fahr ]
adverb
- from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed by off ):
He saw the castle afar off.
Afar
2[ ah-fahr ]
noun
- a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars.
afar
/ əˈfɑː /
adverb
- at, from, or to a great distance
noun
- a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar )
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of afar1
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Idioms and Phrases
- from afar, from a long way off:
The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.
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Example Sentences
The team tracked individuals from afar to get a sense of their behavior.
“Letters to Afar” demonstrates how ordinary the victims were.
If ever there was a time for a show like “Letters to Afar” to be shown in Budapest, it is now.
But the big question, of course, was how closely Russia watched from afar.
On May 20, a pickup truck drove to an Iraqi army checkpoint in the city of Tal Afar.
They sat in the hall and cried; the black-haired boy looking on from afar.
At this point Harry entered and stood afar off, eying Punch, a disheveled heap in the corner of the room, with disgust.
In France these reports would have been impersonal messages arriving from afar.
All who are in him, though once like those, who were sometimes afar off, are made nigh by his blood.
Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country.
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